Toby Cudworth

Over 750 West Ham games between Cresswell, Coufal and Fabianski – all fantastic servants to the club who were superb players in their prime. 👏

Delicious rant from Niclas Fullkrug. Sometimes these things just need to be said 🤷‍♂️ https://t.co/QQWrzvcoMy

Off the top of my head I think West Ham have played well 3 times this season out of 36 games. Somebody press factory reset or erase my memory, please.

£30m for Liam Delap? West Ham should be straight on the phone. He'll go somewhere bigger no doubt but I'd genuinely argue it's the perfect fit. (Age, style, profile of club, expectation).

So many standout performances yesterday. Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Ollie Scarles both outstanding but also want to give a quick nod to James Ward-Prowse. Written off by many but put in a huge shift in central midfield in a system that really suited him. Gave his all and was super. ⚒️

Absolutely sensational to a man. What a performance and what a bloody reception. COYI ⚒️ https://t.co/mnsgjBDxtx

Ah yes, time for the deluge of Marcus Rashford hit pieces now that a move is actually happening. Luckily can't read the piece but I imagine it's a convenient deflection from Aston Villa not getting defenders in yet.

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Marcus Rashford signing makes a mockery of Aston Villa's grand plans - he brings more baggage than a London to Sydney flight and here's what they should be doing instead to get to the top, writes TOM COLLOMOSSE https://t.co/D7qCMlFGX2

That will go a long way to shaking the ingrained pessimism. Villa tired and well below their level but excellent second half from West Ham. Organised pressure, dominated the ball, got players into the box, overloaded wide. Very good overall, esp with the limitations.

Actually nullified Villa pretty well after that opening 15 minutes. But to hurt them the tempo has got to increase going forward - not convinced anyone can do that aside from Kudus. Villa a good 2nd half team & I’d expect they will create way more chances.

Centre-backs absolutely all over the place with Villa’s movement, midfield two getting bullied by quality. This could get very ugly, very fast.

West Ham could have signed Jhon Duran for £40m last summer but thought that Aston Villa's valuation was too high. Now that valuation has more than doubled to £85m and Danny Ings (4 goals in 49 PL games) is the only fit striker in east London.

Non-West Ham capitulation never felt so good. Credit to Fulham as well, they are a super, super team under Marco Silva.

No comment from Graham Potter on whether West Ham can recall James Ward-Prowse from loan spell. Set-piece specialist has played just 412 minutes of Premier League football for in-form Nottingham Forest. Also, understandably, didn't answer on Ferguson, KDH, Rashford links.

RT @Toby_Cudworth: Bloody delighted David Moyes is getting back in at Everton, by the way. Gave me and hundreds of thousands of others the…

Bitching and moaning about refs is very boring but Christ almighty they really don’t help themselves. https://t.co/xVRlJFoonq

Obviously disappointing to lose but hugely encouraged by what I've seen there. Crucially, already looking forward to Fulham on Tuesday - something I haven't been able to say for a good three months or so.